It was a good review. Lydia seemed to of judged it fairly and kept the review precise and to the point. Hell of a better read than going through IGN's 3 page review or the eventually full page review from GameInformer.

Also I've always enjoyed how you guys breakup the review instead of it being a wall of text.

It was a good review. Lydia seemed to of judged it fairly and kept the review precise and to the point. Hell of a better read than going through IGN's 3 page review or the eventually full page review from GameInformer.

Also I've always enjoyed how you guys breakup the review instead of it being a wall of text.

It was going to be, actually, but I advised Lydia to break it up haha. We try to give all the pertinent info and leave the finer details for you to discover yourself..almost nobody reads reviews longer than this, and there's just no need for it anyway.Glad you like our approach.

This is just for me but I tend to read broken up reviews more than walls of text that you get from IGN. They can be the exact length but I read one over the other. So good job at telling her to do that.

I skimmed over the review (dun want spoilers really), I jumped mainly to the companion and bugs sections. It seems like bugs are less of an issue compared to Oblivion. Nothing game or quest ending over the course of 120 hours, unlike Oblivion >_>

I'll read the review in full after I've played the game a while.

It's noted in the first post it's pretty much spoiler-free. We generally avoid them as much as possible.

Well, I'm talking about pretty much anything at all. Companion stuff is about as far as I'm willing to be spoiled, at least until I've actually played the game. I'm not gonna risk being spoiled by reading the review thoroughly. It may turn out I had nothing to worry about, but still, just in case....

The only thing i take exception to is the last bit where the reviewer said the game lacked "real choice." I think this needs to be qualified a bit more.

I'm assuming you meant there are no story-centric choices. While this disappoints me (I was hoping for it), that's different from the game offering you choices in your own narrative, i.e. the story of your own character that may or may not include the main quest. While I'm sad the story has no branches (especially since I just finished the Witcher 2), I'm willing to sacrifice that to be allowed to explore the world and carve my own story (especially since I just finished the Witcher 2 ).

The way it's worded in the review it almost sounds like the player is on rails and NEEDS to complete the main quest and faction quests, which I hope isn't true.

KrantosNot on rails. What I mean is, as with all TES games, the stories are great but they don't feel personalized like, say, Mass Effect or even New Vegas.

Spoiler:Thieves Guild

Highlight this box with your cursor to read the spoiler text.For example, you join the Thieves Guild, and suddenly all conversation options are reduced to a single response, painting your character to be this totally greedy prick, even if up until that point you've been the nicest person to everyone in Skyrim and helping folks out. Because clearly, there could be no other reason for joining the Thieves Guild.

So not on rails, but definitely a feeling of losing control during some of these major quests and their outcomes.

Spoiler:Thieves Guild

For example, you join the Thieves Guild, and suddenly all conversation options are reduced to a single response, painting your character to be this totally greedy prick, even if up until that point you've been the nicest person to everyone in Skyrim and helping folks out. Because clearly, there could be no other reason for joining the Thieves Guild.

So not on rails, but definitely a feeling of losing control during some of these major quests and their outcomes.

Wow. I was dying to have Skyrim before, but after reading the review, I can't stand to go another day without getting it! Being forced to wait to get it will only be relieved by buying it. I gotta say, this is a very well-done review.

I hadn't realized exactly how huge this game was until yesterday. I knew it was huge, but when my stepmom told me it was sold out everywhere she looked, I was amazed. Nice to see that there are a lot more people into it than I thought. Kudos to all Elder Scrolls lovers!